Warm Winter Breakfast

Yesterday we got more snow than we expected. Although it was beautiful when it was coming down, I have to say I'm so ready for spring. In fact as I write this post this morning.... I looked outside and it's snowing again! OMG!

This was the lane to my drive way on my way home from the grocery store yesterday.

Anyway, last night I decided I wanted a nice warm comforting breakfast this morning when I woke up. I kept seeing this recipe for slow cooker oatmeal popup on Facebook, Pinterest, and Melissa's blog post. So I decided to give it a try. I made Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel-Cut Oatmeal from YummyLife.com.

It was very simple to put together. I didn't have steel-cut oatmeal, but after reading some other slow cooker recipes online I found you can use old fashioned oats as well, which is what I had. The only other thing I did a little differently was that I didn't peel the apples. I figured I would keep the extra fiber in the oatmeal.

Well, this morning I woke up to check it out. It did make the kitchen smell nice so early in the morning.

This is what it looked like when I opened the slow cooker.

This is a small portion I tried. I added some chopped pecans on top.

The consistency was very mushy. Maybe that was due to the fact that I used old fashioned oats rather than steel-cut oats. Not sure. It was a little bland for my taste. I added some extra cinnamon which did make it taste better.

Not sure this is my favorite recipe, but we'll see how it is as the week goes on. I have plenty for the next few days and I'm going to freeze some as well. I will say it was great not to have to put any effort into making breakfast this morning! :)

If you try it let me know what you think. Also, any additional tips you might use.

In case you need a little more info on flaxseed (like I did) check out this article on WebMD.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/benefits-of-flaxseed